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Download full textMaureen E. Dunbar; Jacqueline J. Shade – HAPS Educator, 2024
Teaching introductory anatomy and physiology (A&P) requires a careful balance of conveying core content while at the same time fostering a deep interest in the subject matter. This is especially true in the laboratory where students are expected to not only master experimental procedures but also connect what they learn in the laboratory to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Anatomy, Physiology, Science Instruction
Direct linkHsu, Jeremy L.; Halpin, Patricia A. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
The physiology core concepts are designed to guide instructors in undergraduate physiology courses. However, although past work has characterized the alignment of physiology programs with the core concepts, it is unclear to what extent these core concepts have influenced instructors' pedagogical decisions or how represented these core concepts are…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Teachers, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Achieving the Dream, 2021
Achieving the Dream (ATD) is one of 12 higher education and digital learning organizations that make up the Every Learner Everywhere (Every Learner) Network, whose mission is to help higher education institutions improve and ensure more equitable student outcomes through advances in digital learning, particularly among poverty-impacted, racially…
Descriptors: Courseware, Introductory Courses, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education
Smith, Emily M.; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
The goals for lab instruction are receiving critical attention in the physics education community due to multiple reports and research findings. In this paper, we describe a theoretically motivated scheme to evaluate instructional lab curricula and apply that scheme to three implementations of an electricity and magnetism lab curriculum. The…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Physics, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedKaplan, Andrew – Curriculum Inquiry, 1988
"Galileo," a team-taught interdisciplinary course required of all ninth grade students at Francis Parker, an urban school in Chicago, was based on the life of Galileo and its dramatization in a play by Brecht. The principal theme was the relationship between observation and inference, and the conflict between scientific knowledge and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design, History Instruction, Humanistic Education
Peer reviewedTsui, Lisa – Research in Higher Education, 1999
Using data from a national follow-up study of freshmen (n=24,837), a study investigated how different types of courses and instructional techniques affect college students' self-reported growth in critical thinking. Results revealed that taking writing, interdisciplinary, history, science, women's studies, math, foreign language, and ethnic…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, College Students, Course Content
